Tom Vick's Asian Cinema: A Field Guide

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Asian Cinema: A Field Guide (2007) by Tom Vick is a book about the history of cinema in various regions throughout Asia. This is a list of films mentioned in the book.

Part One: The Old Guard
China: Tradition and Resistance (#1-76)
Japan: Cinema of Extremes (77-268)
India: All That and then Some (269-358)

Part Two: Postwar Booms
Hong Kong: The Fine Art of Popular Cinema (359-453)
Korea: Rising from the Ashes of History (454-578)

Part Three: Recent Arrivals
Iran: A Continuing Conversation (579-637)
Taiwan: The Little Island that Could (638-682)

Part Four: New Players
South and Southeast Asia: Coming Into Focus
Bangladesh (683 & 684), Bhutan (685 & 686), Cambodia (687-689), Indonesia (690-696), Malaysia and Singapore (697-711), Nepal (712 & 713), Pakistan (714), The Philippines (715-739), Sri Lanka (740-744), Thailand (745-774), Tibet (775-780), Vietnam (781-792)
Central Asia and the Middle East: Global Intersections
The Former Soviet Republics, Afghanistan, and Mongolia (793-808), The Middle East (809–841), Turkey (842-852)

Part Five: Where to Go from Here
(List of websites and books)

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    1996, in 4 top lists Check
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    2002 — a.k.a. Ten, in 10 top lists Check
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    Hong gao liang

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    Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia

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    2003 — a.k.a. Crimson Gold, in 6 top lists Check
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    1997 — a.k.a. Taste of Cherry, in 17 top lists Check
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    1988, in 9 top lists Check
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    Yoidore tenshi

    1948 — a.k.a. Drunken Angel, in 7 top lists Check
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    Bend It Like Beckham

    2002, in 2 top lists Check
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    Dersu Uzala

    1975, in 11 top lists Check
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    Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

    1998 — a.k.a. Something Is Happening, in 2 top lists Check
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    Apur Sansar

    1959 — a.k.a. The World of Apu, in 19 top lists Check
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    Dil Se..

    1998, in 3 top lists Check
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    2001, in 8 top lists Check
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    Rush Hour 3

    2007, in 3 top lists Check
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    Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä

    1984 — a.k.a. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, in 9 top lists Check
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    2005, in 21 top lists Check
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    1995, in 5 top lists Check
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    Hauru no ugoku shiro

    2004 — a.k.a. Howl's Moving Castle, in 18 top lists Check
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    Ringu 2

    1999 — a.k.a. Ring 2, in 1 top list Check
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    The Tuxedo

    2002, in 1 top list Check
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    Ju-on

    2002 — a.k.a. Ju-on: The Grudge, in 3 top lists Check
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    Paradise Now

    2005, in 6 top lists Check
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    Fa yeung nin wah

    2000 — a.k.a. In the Mood for Love, in 30 top lists Check
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    Janghwa, Hongryeon

    2003 — a.k.a. A Tale of Two Sisters, in 5 top lists Check
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    Mononoke-hime

    1997 — a.k.a. Princess Mononoke, in 18 top lists Check
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